Suppose somebody wants a very "module-ized" Puppy that is small but that can load any kind of program from the HDD or USB or CD/DVD when one need it.

Reason is that the Lupu Devs tried to stay below 127MB to allow for 256MB RAM mahines to work with Puppy. If one made most programs into SFS and then only loaded those one wanted at that session then one can have gigabites of many programs but one only load them when needed so them would never take up RAM unless one loaded them.

So one way would be to use the SFS Exec loader that seaside has experimented with.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64587
So one would make every program into an SFS and then only load those that one make use of. and then unload them when one have no use of them that session.

I have too little know how to know it that is possible. Too wild?_________________I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

Not wild at all.
Even though it is hard to hear this, some end users
are not interested in whether a Puppy program is an SFS, PET,
Cloud app, running on wine, a Portable Linux app or a java applet
http://portablelinuxapps.org/

They just want to click on install (and it to work)
and uninstall (for it to be removed)

I like your idea, and practice this my self with Bootloader using OOffice and Devx.

One draw back is that you don't always know what programs you want, and rebooting is a pain.

I love the way Puppy slims programs down so you keep most functionality without the bulk.

Usually people will want (I guess) is the basic functionality of most programs - then specialist functions of one or two programs. For example, I like to use inkscape and don't want much slimmed off it.

What might be sweet is a cd/dvd with a basic puppy and a collection of specialist sfss ready for loading.

you could even have a boot menu asking which area you want to specialise in.

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On another note I think Puppy boot should be more uniform. the procedure shouldn't change depending on what media and how many puppy save files you have.

One draw back is that you don't always know what programs you want, and rebooting is a pain.

aarf wrote:

Load on the Fly

Thanks Lobster. I do have two Android but something about Sweden and how to pay Google I still have not practiced any such things. Only use what is on the phones.

DarkCity. The reason I mention Seaside's SFS Exec is that one don't need to do it on boot. It is even better than Load on the fly SFS due to it is almost instant load and instant unload. Not looking for it in menu and waiting for the load and Menu update either.

But the bad news is that Seaside had to do some short cuts so it lacks error handling and such. It does not check up on a lot of things that some folks wants.
It is a take it or leave it basis. It works very good for me though. I love it.

Lobster you are right about the lack of deep interest. Most people seems to not care much. Sad because then very few Dev care about it too unless them wanted for their own need._________________I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

So what happens if you take pUPnGo found here and add SFS load on the fly or the one from sunburnt's link?
You end up with Puppy with a really small pupsave file with applications in the form of SFS files that can be loaded on demand.

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